Reel.



A. HEIM.

Patented J an. 30, 1917.

I sen-ans na to.

ADAM HEIM, or LIBERTY, INDIANA.

REEL.

To all whom it concern Be it known that I, ADAMYHEIM, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Liberty, Indiana, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Reels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to reels adapted to the use of extension lights orfor other suitable purposes, and the objects of my improvements are toprovide means for automatically adjusting the reel to differenthorizontal angles corresponding to the direction of the light therefrom;to provide means for automatically locking the reel Figure 1 is an endelevation with parts broken away of a reel embodying my improvements;Fig. 2 a front elevation with parts broken away and parts in verticaldia-' metrical section, and Fig. 3 a diametrical section ofthe swivelshowing the frictional contact points in the electric circuit.

In the drawings 1 represents a bracket adapted to be'secured at afixed'point and provided with a depending journal 2 whereon the sleeve 3is 'swiveled and provided with the depending legs 4 and 5. The axle6 issecured in said legs'with the hollow drum 7 rotatively mounted thereon.Said drum is preferably formed with sheet metal heads having annularshoulders 8 near their periphery .whereon the metal band 9 maybe securedand the heads clamped together by means of bolts 11't0 form the annularchan nel 12 for the windingof the electric light wire 13 therein. 7

The open guide 14 formed preferably of resilient wire and secured to thelegs 4 and 5' of the yoke is located adjacent to the front face of thedrum and curved in an are concentric therewith. .A stop 15 adjustablysecured on the wire cord 13 bycontact with the guide controls therelative lengths of the winding and depending portions of the cord towhich the lamp 16 may be connected.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' I Application filed April 11,1916. Serial No. 90,481.

and extended through the nal to the respective insulated circular ter-Patented Jan. sonata.

' The coiled spring 17 located within the drum has one end connectedwith one" of the clamping bolts 11 and the other end secured to thestationary axle 6 by means of the pin 18.. e

' The bar 19, provided at one end with an inwardly projecting stop 21,is secured to the leg 4 and the gravity latch 22 pivotally secured atone ehd to the opposite end of said bar is formed with a projection 23to detachably engage with said stop for limiting its descent, andwith aninclined notch or open slot 24 adapted to automatically engage witheither of the pins 25 which project at intervals from the adjacent endof.

the drum. 1 s

- The insulated electric wires A and B may be connected with an electriclight circuit depending jourminals28 and 29 which are secured to thesaid journal by means of thescrew 31. Annularterminals 32 and 33 eachformed with an internal groove 34 for movably engaging with thecorresponding terminals 28 V and 29 are connected with the correspondingwires C and D which are connected to the corresponding disk terminals 35and 36 'secured to the stationary axle 6. Annular terminals 37 and 38rotatively mounted on the corresponding disk terminals 35 and 36 andfree to turn with the drum are each formed with a radial arm j 39 whichis provided with a binding post 41. Wires E and F are extended from saidrespective posts through openings 42 and 43 in the corresponding endwalls and the face of the drum and after being wound the desired numberof times around the drum are thence extended through the guide 14 andstop 15 and terminate in the circuit with the lamp 16.

In operation, the lamp may be carried by the operator in' any horizontaldirection for unwinding the wire from thereel to the desired extent.The-swivel will permit the v drum to automatically; turn with the guidein the direction of the extended wire.- By relaxing the extended wireslowly the exertion of the spring will move one of the pins thereon intoautomatic engagement with the inclined notchin the gravity latch andlock it against further exertion of the spring. -A

short pull on the wire will turn he drum i in a forward direction, fordisengaging the pin from the latch when the drum may be turnedatsuflieient speed under. the action of the spring in rewinding the wireso that the pins will pass the notch in the latch without becomingengaged therewith.

In rewinding the wire on the drum the resilient guide will yieldsufliciently under a sudden contact therewith of the stop on the wire toprevent injury to the lamp. Owing to the frictional terminals in theswivel and also those concentric with the axle, the drum may be'turnedin either direction in difi'erent horizontal angles and also rotated ineither of opposite directions without breaking the properly insulatedlamp circuit.

The device is peculiarly adapted for use in garages and may be appliedin convenient use elsewhere.

Having fully described my improvements what I claim as my invention anddesire to secure byv Letters Patent of the United States is:

. 1. An extension light reel comprising a yoke swiveled at a fixedpoint, a gravity latch pivotally secured thereto and formed with aninclined open slot, a drum journaled in the yoke and provided with astop, a spring for turning the drum with the stop into detachableengagement with the slot in the latch, wires wound on the drum by theaction of the spring and provided with a lamp, said wires with the lampbeing in circuit with the source of an electric current and providedwith swiveled terminals concentric with the yoke and with the drum, aguide secured to the yoke and arranged to direct the wires toward thedrum, and a stop adjustably secured on the wires and movable therebyinto contact with the guide for regulating as desired the length of the2. An extension light reel comprising a yoke swiveled at a fixed pointto turn in a horizontal plane, a hollow drum journaled in the yoke toturn in a vertical plane, a coiled spring located within the drum andarranged to turn it in one direction, a lamp, electric wirescommunicating with a source of current and provided with swiveled ter--minals concentric with the yoke and also with the drum, said wires beingwound around the drum and terminating in circuit with the lamp, aresilient guide for the wires secured on the yoke and extended in frontof the drum, a stop adjustably secured on the wires adapted to contactthere- 'with for limiting the length of the portion of said wires to bewound on the drum a stop carried by the drum and a gravity latchpivotally secured to the yoke for automatically engaging therewith fordiscontinuingthe rotation of the drum under th exertion of the spring. l

3. An extension light reel having in combination, a yoke adapted to besecured at a fixed point, a gravity latch pivotally secured thereto andformed with an inclined open slot, a drum journaled in the yoke andprovided with a stop, a spring arranged to turn the drum with the stopinto detachable engagernent with the slot in the latch, wires providedwith a lamp and wound on thearranged to properly direct the wires towardthe drum during the winding thereof, and a stop adjustably secured onthe wires and movable thereby into contact with the guide for regulatingas desired the length of the pendent portion of the wires with the lamp.

- ADAM HE IM.

Witnesses: CHESTER E. ROBERTS, R. S. CARR.

